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Information is the basic need of life of all human beings, which helps in the proper fulfillment of other needs such as food, shelter etc. for its survival and growth. Hence it can be rightly said that without information, survival and development of any community is not possible. Therefore it is the basic responsibility of any welfare government to provide information services to communities. And it is information transfer and information revolution through which cultural change; socio-economic development of a nation is possible. In this context, Public libraries, being the library of communities can play important role in providing effective Community Information Services(CIS). These are the only institutions entrusted with the duties of providing right information to right users at right time, there by help people to deal with daily problem solving or in improving the quality of their lives. This paper will discuss about the present scenario of Community Information Services that can be provided by the public libraries in addressing such challenges.